{"product_id":"on-history-oliver-stone-9781608461493","title":"On History: Oliver Stone and Tariq Ali in Conversation","description":"In working together on two challenging new documentaries--\u003ci\u003eSouth of the Border\u003c\/i\u003e and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eThe Untold History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e series for Showtime--filmmaker Oliver Stone engaged with author and filmmaker Tariq Ali in a probing, hard-hitting conversation on\u003cbr\u003ethe politics of history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir dialogue brings to light a number of forgotten--or deliberately buried--episodes of American history, from the US intervention against the Russian Revolution and the dynamic radicalism of the\u003cbr\u003eIndustrial Workers of the World to Henry Wallace's sidelining by Democratic Party machine insiders and the ongoing interference of the United States in Pakistani political affairs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Stone and Ali--two of our most insightful observers on history and popular culture--no topic is sacred, no orthodoxy goes unchallenged. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTARIQ ALI is an internationally acclaimed Pakistani writer and filmmaker. He has written more than two dozen books on world history and politics and seven novels (translated into over a dozen languages) as well as scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e and lives in London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOLIVER STONE has directed, among other films, \u003ci\u003e Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, W., World Trade Center, Alexander, Any Given Sunday, Nixon, Natural Born Killers, Heaven and Earth, JFK, The Doors, Born on the Fourth of July, Talk Radio, Wall Street, Platoon, Salvador, \u003c\/i\u003e and the documentaries \u003ci\u003eLooking for Fidel, Comandante, Persona Non Grata, South of the Border, \u003c\/i\u003e and the upcoming \u003ci\u003eThe Untold History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e series for Showtime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oliver Stone, Tariq Ali\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1608461491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781608461493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.20w x 0.50d","brand":"Oliver Stone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984573792511,"sku":"9781608461493","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_63e183cf-1eb0-4918-b877-be41ef291657.jpg?v=1683273040","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-history-oliver-stone-9781608461493","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}